Sunday, March 27, 2011

The 248-page The Art of Doug Sneyd - scheduled for a July 13, 2011 release by Dark Horse Comics - is available in 3 formats, including a limited edition packaged in a slipcase with a 9 x 12 B & W reproduction of a bunny line drawing. Doug signed each of the 100 limited editions, priced at $100.00.

To pre-order limited editions, fans and collectors should contact local comics retailers or bookstores.

Photos below show the preparatory work on the bunny line drawing for the limited edition of The Art of Doug Sneyd.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

In addition to a standard-edition hardcover of The Art of Doug Sneyd, priced at $39.95, Dark Horse Comics also offers a limited edition packaged in a slipcase with a 9 x 12 black & white reproduction of a classic Sneyd bunny line drawing. Doug signed each of the 100 limited editions, priced at $100.00.

The 248-page book is scheduled for a July 13, 2011 release; to pre-order standard or limited editions, fans and collectors should contact local comics retailers or bookstores.

To pre-order one of the 13 ultralimited editions, each featuring a 9 x 12 color original of a Doug Sneyd winking blond in pink, contact Sarah at 503-905-2402. The color original will be housed in a portfolio; the portfolio and book will be packaged in a clamshell box. The ultralimited editions are priced at $699.99 each.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by Dark Horse Comics and scheduled for release on July 13, 2011, features over 270 Playboy color cartoons in the 248-page book, which is available in three formats.

* A standard edition hard cover is priced at $39.99.

* A limited edition, packaged in a slipcase with a 9 x 12, B & W reproduction of a winking bunny line drawing, is priced at $100.00. Doug will sign each of the 100 limited editions.

* An ultralimited edition features a 9 x 12 color original of a Doug Sneyd winking blond in pink. The color original will be housed in a portfolio; the portfolio and book will be packaged in a clamshell box. The ultralimited editions - only 13 are being offered - are priced at $699.99 each.

The photos below let you see a portion of the development process of one of the 13 winking blonds for the ultralimited editions.

Sunday, March 6, 2011

March 2, 2011, MILWAUKIE, OR—Dark Horse Comics is proud to announce the publication of The Art of Doug Sneyd. This 248-page book features over 270 celebrated color cartoons rendered by the legendary Doug Sneyd, whose cartoons have appeared in Playboy since September 1964.

The Art of Doug Sneyd features a foreword by Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and an introduction by For Better or For Worse creator Lynn Johnston. The book is scheduled for a July 13, 2011, release, making it on sale just in time for the forty-second annual San Diego Comic-Con, the largest comics and cartoon convention in North America.

The Art of Doug Sneyd is available in three formats:

* A standard-edition hardcover priced at $39.99.

* A limited edition packaged in a slipcase with a nine-by-twelve-inch, black-and-white reproduction of a winking bunny line drawing. Doug Sneyd will sign each of the one hundred limited editions, priced at $100.00.

* An ultralimited edition with a nine-by-twelve-inch color original of a Doug Sneyd winking blond in pink. The color original will be housed in a portfolio; the portfolio and book will be packaged in a clamshell box. The ultralimited editions—only thirteen are being offered—are priced at $699.99 each.

Fans and collectors of Sneyd’s Playboy artwork can preorder any of the three editions now. To preorder the regular or limited edition, contact your local comics retailer or bookstore. Those interested in one of the thirteen ultralimited editions should contact Sarah at 503-905-2402.

The book is organized into themes (including Pickups, Hookups, Breakups and Recreation: Bringing the Right Muscles into Play), and Sneyd’s eleven chapter introductions feature anecdotes and personal reflections. He also shares his creative process by including a number of original gag roughs and lead-up pencil and color roughs.

Sneyd’s career as a professional artist began in a garret studio in Montreal, where he painted commissioned portraits; he then moved to Toronto, where he worked as an advertising, magazine, and textbook illustrator. He expanded into syndicated political cartoons and, in 1964, began producing cartoons for Playboy, where a distinct brand of humor has been an important factor in the magazine’s success since 1953.

About Dark Horse ComicsSince 1986, Dark Horse Comics has proven to be a solid example of how integrity and innovation can help broaden a unique storytelling medium and establish a small, homegrown company as an industry giant. The company is known for the progressive and creator-friendly atmosphere it provides for writers and artists. In addition to publishing comics from top talent like Frank Miller, Mike Mignola, Neil Gaiman, Gerard Way, and comics legend Will Eisner, Dark Horse has developed such successful series as The Mask, Timecop, and SpyBoy. Additionally, its highly successful line of comics and products based on popular properties includes Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Aliens, Conan, Emily the Strange, Tim Burton, Trigun, Serenity, and Domo. Today Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent comic-book publisher in the US and is recognized as one of the world’s leading publishers of licensed comics material.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Bio

Doug has been a cartoonist for Playboy magazine since 1964.
For nearly 20 years, starting in the mid-60's, his "Doug Sneyd" and "Scoops" news cartoons appeared daily in newspapers across North America. Sneyd's talent has also led him into cinema: in 1993, he wrote, produced and directed "Black-eyed Susan," an educational movie-drama about spousal abuse, for the Ontario government. He was a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and has been a member of the National Cartoonists' Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Thirty of his full-page color Playboy cartoons are among the 235 Sneyd works included in the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, but spent much of his professional career in Toronto. In 1969 he moved his family north to Orillia made famous as the mythical "Mariposa" by humorist Stephen Leacock. He works on the third floor of his home-studio overlooking beautiful Lake Couchiching and spends his winters on the Gulf Coast in Orange Beach, Alabama.